ELIMINATE DAZZLE

Shannon News, 26 February 1929, Page 4

ELIMINATE DAZZLE

MOTORISTS' OBLIGATIONS.

While it is admitted that the complete solution of she dazzle problem is a matter of great difficulty, it w r 6uld not be hard to eliminate quite an appreciable proportion of the dazzle that now afflicts road users at night. f

( To take an example, how often do we •find stationary cars drawn up by the side of the road with their head lamps left burning? In Britain the K.A.C is making an appeal for the abolition of this inconsiderate behaviour on the part of certain car owners and a similar nppeal could be niadtt here, with advantage.

In this connection mention can be made also of the grave danger not infrequently caused by leaving cars with side and sometimes even head lamps alight by ■ the right-hand side of the road pointing towards the oucoming stream of traffic.

'i Where illumination is poor, the 'lamps of cars left in this position are 'apt to be confusing, for approaching (drivers may take them as being attached to vehicles travelling towards ! chem, and may endeavour to pass the 'stationary car on the near side, with 'the result that a collision occurs with the kerb or path edging or an incision is made on the path or pavement. I A cardinal rule for all drivers fchould be invariably to leave the car facing in the proper direction, on whichever side of the roadway the stoppage is made.

Ordinary consideration for other road users should prompt a driver to extinguish his headlamps the moment he draws to a : standstill, and this point heeds no further emphasis. Another source of unnecessary Sazzle is incorrect setting of the lamps. The great majority of the lamps fitted to modern cars are easily adjustable, the lamp body being mounted on a form of ball and cup joint with a locking nut beneath it. By slacking this nut the elevation or lateral direction of the beam can be adjusted to a. nicety.